Mimicking Nature to Feed the Masses
Jeffrey Green Activist Post To me, there is no job more important than producing healthy food in a sustainable way. Admittedly I’m a newbie to…
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Global Food Prices Hysteria, Hunger and Riots
Market Oracle The situation with food prices in the world has been hysterical recently. In Russia, prices on food have already increased considerably as a…
Dead cow “resurrected” to produce cloned beef in U.S.
Mike Adams Natural News We already know that cloned beef has entered the food supply both in the United States and the UK. Now, thanks…
Food for Thought: Taking a Stand Against Genetically Modified Organisms
Evan Folds Encore Ever heard of genetically modified organisms (GMO)? I dare say that the majority of the population eats them in abundance on a…
Federal Judge Revokes USDA Approval Of Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
Michael Liedtke Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has revoked the government’s approval of genetically altered sugar beets until regulators complete a more…
Hemp, and Empire
Rand Clifford OpEd News “…the continuous consolidation of money and power into higher, tighter and righter hands.” That was GHW Bush’s answer to reporter Sarah…
Cattle ‘cloned from dead animals’
Cloned meat — from lab to plate Pallab Ghosh — BBC Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been…
Analysis: Extreme weather plagues farming, talks flounder
Timothy Gardner (REUTERS) Global wheat markets reeling from Russian droughts, thousands of cattle killed by heat in Kansas, and countless crop acres wiped out by floods…
Wheat is the new gold in time of plenty for America’s breadbasket
As fires wreck Russia’s harvests and poor countries brace for shortages, it’s boom time for Kansas farmers. David Usborne The Independent Wildfires, floods, crippling droughts,…
Russia Burns (Radiation Alert)
Mark Sircus IMVA A hasty evacuation of diplomatic staff from foreign embassies, like a stampede, began in Moscow. Many embassies are trying to hide the…
Senate Bill S510 Makes it illegal to Grow, Share, Trade or Sell Homegrown Food
The World’s Prophecy S 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, may be the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. It…
US food crops absorb toxic pharmaceuticals and personal care products from treated wastewater
Ethan A. Huff Natural News Several major reports have come out in recent years about the dangers of pharmaceutical drug residues being found in the…
How world food security for 2011 hinges on Russia
Jotman According to the WSJ, “Worries about a shortage [of wheat] already have sent grain prices soaring, threatening a potentially damaging bout of food inflation…. The high…
Grain price rise may fuel Mideast, Europe unrest
Peter Apps Reuters * Price rise comes on top of impact of financial crisis * Discontent could fuel street unrest * Middle East, North Africa,…